From hot Boston bands to acclaimed singer-songwriters and from a best selling novelist to a popular New York Times financial advice columnist, March ushers in sizzling shows and enlightening authors at the Loft. (Click title to read more)

With lots of laughs and applause, a live taping of the radio pilot, Red Flannel Radio hosted by Premier New England Humorist and master storyteller Tim Sample, debuted at the Rochester Opera House on February 22. Be part of this unique experience for the second episode taped live on Sunday, March 29 at 6:00 PM. (Click head to read more)

The Portsmouth Public Library is proud to present a rockin' music series for Spring 2015, and all concerts are free of charge. Whether you like the blues, jazz, Celtic, Irish, reggae, folk or anything other kind of music, there’s something for you at PPL. (Click title to read more)

Ed and Mary Scheier were wildly creative New Hampshire artists whose pottery will be featured in a new exhibit. Presented by the Portsmouth Historical Society, the show opens April 30and runs until October 22015 at Discover Portsmouth. (Click title to read more)

The Windsor Pearls, the new comedy by George Hosker-Bouley will open at the West End Theater, 959 Islington Street, Portsmouth, NH and play from February 20 to March 8. Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm. (Click title to read more)

American pianist Chad Bowles will perform on Sunday, March 8, at 4 p.m. at the Unitarian Church, 26 Pleasant St., Newburyport, the second of three concerts in the 2015 Jean C. Wilson Music Series. (click title to read more)

Peter Agrafiotis, painter, writer and former magazine publisher announces the release of his new book This Is Not My Bathing Suit, a novel about contemporary artists and fishermen. The novel is a satire on the arts and pop culture, but also on life in a small New England coastal city. (Click title to read more)

I never cared much for American history in school. My mind does not cling easily to dates, names, or dots on maps. I struggled with concepts like "Federalism" and "Whig" and "Manifest Destiny." (click title to read more)

It is unlikely that Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, ever met devout Anglican scholar and writer C. S. Lewis, but you'll wish he had after STAGE FORCE's play reading of Freud's Last Session, a passionate, challenging, and ultimately human imagining of an encounter between two of the greatest minds of the 20th century. (Click title to read more)

The traditional white church at the intersection of Portsmouth Avenue and Post Road in Greenland will soon be getting much-needed repairs to restore its steeple and clock to their original stately beauty. Steeplejacks from Mid-Maine Restoration have begin work on the steeple of the church, which was built in 1756. Community Congregational is one of the oldest United Church of Christ congregations in New Hampshire still holding services in its original building. (Click title to read more)

Just back from the UK in support this first release A BOX OF EVERYTHING with Sony/RED-distributed Red River Entertainment, the band put together 'the greatest Slambovian hits you've never heard' to introduce their music to a whole new audience. (Click title to rad more)

I feel much better now. Back in the 20th century I wrote an essay entitled "The Ugliest Monument in New England." You can Google it. I was horrified by the state of the memorial to Captain John Smith that faces the open sea on the Isles of Shoals. Capt. Smith mapped our region in 1614 and named it "New England." Smith's sad memorial, dedicated 250 years later in 1864, had since toppled, cracked, rusted, and was smeared with a thick coating of gull guano. (Click title for full article)

This isn't exactly history news, but considering all the increible historical stuff to see in NYC, we include it here. -- Editor -- C&J Bus Lines, one of New England's premier transportation providers, is thrilled to announce the expansion of its popular New York City Service. The company will add a third roundtrip on Fridays and Sundays effectiveAugust 1, 2014. (Click title for more)

Skyler, a York native, has performed before audiences of thousands and opened for musicians like the Band Perry and Plain White t’s. He will appearJuly 24on the lawn of Central School in South Berwick. One of seven groups of professional musicians who will play in South Berwick’sThursdaynight concert series, the 23-year-old singer songwriter is eager to bring his “pop rock with heart” back to his community.

Are any of you familiar with a small, felt-backed TILE--green drawing on a white background, about 5" across--that was done picturing the Weeks Brick House? I purchased one back in the 1960s. It fell and broke recently and I would like very much to replace it. Thanks for any help!

The City of Portsmouth has announced that the newly instituted downtown Portsmouth Parking Shuttle now has its own real-time tracking application. The new free shuttle bus departs from the Connect Community Church Parking Lot on Market Street and drops passengers off at the Hanover Street Parking Garage. (click title to read more)

The Portsmouth Athenaeum announces the summer schedule of Historic Portsmouth Chamber Music. The series of fourSundayconcerts will kick off with the Rowe’s Lane Quartet, comprised of two violins, viola and cello, onJuly 13at the Rye Congregational Church. (Click title for full schedule)

The Portsmouth Advocates present the second annual series of guided walking tours lead by Richard M. Candee, author ofBuilding Portsmouth. The 2014 schedule features five Portsmouth neighborhoods and explores the unique architectural landscape and the stories embedded in the bricks and mortar. (Click title for full schedule)

The late Rev. John Tucke had been moldering just below the surface in the damp thin soil of Star Island for 27 years when Rev. Dudley Tyng stumbled over his grave. A minister from Newburyport, Massachusetts, Tyng had come to the Isles of Shoals in 1800 to observe first-hand the wretched condition of the fishermen and their families living there. (Click title to read more)

This month, Brown & Company Design, in partnership with New Hampshire Humanities Council, released an engaging, illustrated and one-of-a-kind map of New Hampshire, designed to showcase the state’s rich culture, called New Hampshire: Our Storied Past and Our Unfolding Future. (Click title for full article)